My Iphone is stuck on the lightning bolt/ battery screen. It has been charging for over 2 days now and nothing has happened. I tried resetting the phone and the lightning bolt/battery screen keeps popping up. I tried holding down the reset buttons and the bolt/battery screen keeps cycling on and off. Has this happened to anyone else?
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I can't get rid of the lightning bolt
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Wouldn't that be cool if it actually were charging. 
I've not heard of this problem before.
It may be a hardware problem. I would backup and restore. If that doesn't work, take it to apple and they'll probably give you a new one.
I've not heard of this problem before.
It may be a hardware problem. I would backup and restore. If that doesn't work, take it to apple and they'll probably give you a new one.
Have you tried restoring it? If not, do that. If so, a trip to Apple is probably in order.
If you have an iPhone 4, go into settings and turn on the "battery percentage," and then the percentage of charge will show up next to the battery icon. If it's at 95%, it will say 95%. If it's at 100%, it will say 100%. At that point, you will know whether the phone is actually charging to 100% and the software is screwed up, or whether the phone is not getting to 100% because there is a battery problem.
Glad to have helped. It kind of freaked me out the first and only time that happened to my 3G after I let it discharge fully to off.